It was 1983/4, our first year in Mid B after leaving Barnes B. Don't even rememebr the name Steve Eason so don't think he was there. The tutor was (I think) Mr Boyle though he may have joined a year later.

Ah, peaceful revolution. I remember the hunger strike we went on in about 1988 to complain about the quality of the food. When I sa hunger strike, we just didn't eat any of the food in the dining hall. It lasted a good while as I remember and they bought in a load of much better food but they spent ...

I remember a record coming out around that time. My parents bought a copy so I think it was probably just sold to parents and at concerts to raise money, fairly sure I remember it being sold to Verrio visitors and on parents days, old blues days etc.

I remember sitting in the lighting both with DNP sat next to me programming the preset lighting sequences, and DNP pulled off an oscar winning role of "Emotional Director". Whilst waiting for the next set of lights to come up he would very dramatically put his arm on the desk and bury his head in h...

Big drugs bust in 1987 or 1988 with a load of people expelled. It was followed by the whole senior school having to sit through David Kossoffs anti drugs one man show about how his son became a smack addict when he was in Free and then dying of an overdose. All it seemed to do was sell a lot of Paul...

There was an urban myth in my time that Housey coats were on sale in various emporia on the Kings Road during the late 70's and early 80's. I'm guessing that the XTC photo might explain where the myth came from.

Been away from here for a bit. Re-forming and touring is definitely the new black. Seen the Bunnymen a few times over the years, last time at T in the Park in 2003. I can't get to the Mary Chain which is annoying the hell out me. I just bought The first chapter by The Mission which finally replaces ...

Are you standing or being middle aged and sitting down! Adam - are you up for this, you can stay overnight with us if you need? Sorry been away then madly busy so catching up now. The Cure is sold out but if i can get a ticket through my old sources i will, though I'll have a new two month old baby...

Reference adlops' A-Z can I offer a new one? M Music. A work containing sounds and melodies in a pleasing and meaningful combination, and which excludes all other forms defined in this Glossary. I was listening to a very similar view the other day. A classical musician was saying that all forms of ...

after the request for definition of shoegaze i stumbled across this and thought i'd share it. A Acid-rave-sci-fi punk-funk: A brain-spinning sub-sub-genre much mentioned in yesterday's papers in connection with British pop's latest poster boys, the Klaxons (above right), this was specially devised b...